Ongoing competitive grants:

2026 - current NWO Open Competition M1 Unravelling how geology and climate affect debris flow magnitude and frequencies (NWO OCENW.M.24.191)  Own role: PI, Co-PIs: Tjalling de Haas (UU), Wiebe Nijland (UU), Steven de Jong (UU), Maarten Zwarts (UU). PhD candidate: Leon Gurol (UU). Collaborators: Martha Cary Eppes (Charlotte), Brian McArdell (WSL), Jacob Hirschberg (ETH), Roland Kaitna (BOKU), Frederic Liebault (INRAE), Guillaume Piton (INRAE), Pierpaolo Macconi (Zivilschutz Suedtirol) and Marco Martini (Zivilschutz Suedtirol) 420 k EUR

2026 - current 2022 Excite Network TNA Grant for the research project 'Rock Memory of Exposure to Climate And Low-temperature Stress Loading' Co-PIs: Martha Cary Eppes (Charlotte) 15 k€

Past competitive grants (selection):

2022 Excite Network TNA Grant for the research project 'Unravelling the efficacy of freezing regimes on frost cracking' (7.5 k€)

2022 Excite Network TNA Grant for the research project 'Unravelling frost cracking in alpine rocks' (7.5 k€)

2020 - 2023 German Research Foundation Characterizing Rockwall Weathering from Microclimate, Rock Moisture and Rockfall Activity (DFG 426793773). Own role: PI, Co-Applicant: Oliver Sass (Bayreuth); Co-PIs:  Martha Cary Eppes (Charlotte), Heather Viles (Oxford), Michael Krautblatter (TUM), Sam McColl (GNS), Benjamin Jacobs (TUM) 506k EUR

2016 - 2019 German Research Foundation Predicting the effects of climate change on alpine rock slopes: Evaluation of paraglacial and periglacial drivers of rockfall in the European Alps (DFG 316624774). Own role: PI; Co-PIs:  Michael Krautblatter (TUM), Sam McColl (Massey), Benjamin Jacobs (TUM), Miriam Duehnfort (LMU), Steven Binnie (Cologne) 360k EUR